U.S. Ambassador Announces Rs. 11.5 Crore in Additional Humanitarian Relief to Bihar Flood Victims

U.S. Ambassador to India David C. Mulford today announced that the United States will contribute an additional Rs. 11.5 crore (USD $2.5 million) to provide relief to victims of the recent floods in Bihar.  (more)

 U.S. Embassy Adjusts Consular Exchange Rate

Effective Friday, September 19, 2008, all United States Consular Sections in India will adjust the consular exchange rate from Rs. 46 to the dollar to Rs. 48 to the dollar.  (more)

U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Steven White and Prem S. Sawhney, Senior Vice President, Reliance Industries Limited, signed a $600,000 U.S. Trade and Development Agency grant September 12, 2008 in New Delhi for a feasibility study for a coal to liquids project in Gujarat.

 

Microsoft India Chosen as Finalist in U.S. State Department Award for Corporate Excellence Competition

Ambassador David C. Mulford announced September 5 that Microsoft India is one of eleven finalists in the U.S. Secretary of State’s prestigious 2008 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) competition, chosen from more than 60 nominations submitted by American ambassadors around the world. (more)   

Ex-Im Bank Finances U.S. Exports to Reliance Industries Ltd. for Oil and Gas Exploration and Development in India’s Bay of Bengal

The Export-Import Bank on August 28, 2008 approved a $400 million long-term loan guarantee to support U.S. exports of equipment and services to Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) of Mumbai, India, for its onshore and offshore oil and gas exploration and production activities in the Krishna Godavari Basin in the Bay of Bengal  (more)

India, U.S. Now Full Partners in Educational Exchange

United States Ambassador David C. Mulford and Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon signed an historic new Fulbright agreement July 4, 2008, strengthening educational exchanges between India and the United States.  This new Fulbright-Jawaharlal Nehru Scholarship Agreement doubles the size of the exchange program to approximately USD 5 million (Rs. 21.37 crore) and makes India and the United States full partners in the program. Reflecting this new partnership, scholarships awarded under this program will be known as Fulbright-Nehru Scholarships. The agreement was signed in the presence of U.S. Representatives Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Thad McCotter (R-MI), and Randy Neugebauer (R-TX). Since its signing by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and U.S. Ambassador Loy Henderson February 2, 1950, more than 9,800 Americans have come to India and 5,000 Indians have traveled to the U.S. as Fulbright scholars.  Ambassador's Remarks